In this week’s episode, we are joined by the amazing Michelle Massman to explore how leveraging your personal interests and exploring new ideas can ignite innovation in your leadership journey. 

Discover how to stay flexible and pivot under pressure, turning challenges into steppingstones for success. We also delve into the importance of rest and recovery, illustrating how taking time to recharge builds resilience and enhances your innovative thinking. Join us for an insightful and open conversation designed for leaders eager to blend passion, agility, and balance in their approach to innovation. 

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor, and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys. 

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected]. 

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you! 

Guest Resources: 

Michelle Massman-LinkedIn 

website HOME | Michelle Massman 

From Stuck to Unstoppable program UNSTOPPABLE | Michelle Massman 

Encountering Grief at Work 

This week’s episode was brought to you by another listener request! What does it look like to show support and allow people the space to grieve, while still running a successful business? 

Managing grief in the workplace, whether it be your own or a colleague’s, can be difficult to navigate. Join us today while we discuss encountering grief in the workplace. We will walk through what it looks like, sounds like, and feels like showing support for someone we care about in a professional environment, and how you yourself can ask for support in a time of need. As leaders, it is our responsibility to create a work environment that allows people to show up as they are, and know that whatever they may be going through, they will be met with kindness and grace.

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor, and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources:

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Grief Resources

EMDR Therapy

Happy Independence Day Week!  

It’s a holiday week which means we’re doing a Holiday Replay where we take a popular episode from the past and replay it for you now. And we selected one of our highest feedback episodes from last year, Shifting Out of Survival Mode because we want everyone listening to experience the FREEDOM of shifting from survival exhaustion to thriving. Thanks for listening and we’ll be back next week with an important conversation about Grieving in the workplace. and now, here’s our episode! 

Are you living in survival mode? You’re not alone AND it’s unhealthy to stay in survival mode; our bodies need rest to thrive. But how do you get off the treadmill that’s built solely on emergencies and crises? 

Coming out of survival mode can seem scary because that’s what got you through the tough times (whether individually or as a business). We hope you’ll listen along today and discover some techniques to help step off the survival mode treadmill and land on better ground with solid footing.

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe that everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources:

Linger Soul Care Journals by Pamela Nelson

Grounding and Growing Feedback Workshop

Today our guest, Rachel Gray, joins us with the most fascinating story. You may look at her role as a cattle producer as something you might not be able to relate to, but you need to trust us on this. She has a lot of wisdom to share that applies to everyone! Her innovative approach to rebranding a family legacy in a male-dominated industry is amazing.

Family businesses can be a little dicey at times, but Rachel shares how having the right conversations at the right time is one of the best ways to start a transition in your family’s legacy. Maintaining trust in those relationships will provide the strength needed to take calculated risks for change. 

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor, and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources:

https://www.facebook.com/ltimberfarms/

https://www.instagram.com/littletimberfarms/

Today’s topic is one listeners like you have requested over and over again. While many of you leaders are beginning to feel comfortable building trust, you are still unsure about how to restore it. 

Instead of fixating on whose name pops into your head when you think of someone you can’t trust, we challenge you today to listen along and think about how you can restore the trust that perhaps you have broken in work relationships. 

Take that first step and listen along today as we share the four steps that will help you move forward and repair those broken relationships. 

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor, and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources:

Charles Feltman: 4 Distinctions of Trust

Jim Tamm TedTalk:  Don’t be so Defensive

Brene Brown BRAVING acronym

He’s one of our favorite human beings and we are so excited to introduce him to you! Tara’s son Andy Tollefson is joining our podcast today. Today’s episode is a bit longer than normal, but trust us, you’re going to enjoy listening along and will be amazed at how much you might learn from his life story.

Andy is a second-year student of physical therapy at the University of Utah, and he's class president. He also has owned and operated Andy Tollefson Coaching since 2018. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his partner, Olivia, and their rescue dogs, Luna and Soul.  

We know you’ll gain great insight as you listen to Andy’s vision and tenacity as he pursued his goals. He had to do a ton of pivoting when roadblocks came up. We hope it’ll inspire you to go after your dreams no matter the obstacles.

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor, and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources:

Instagram: @CoachAndyTollefson

One of our own coaches is joining our podcast for this important topic of generational leadership for today’s leaders. Dr. Ashley Lang has nearly 2 decades of experience in higher education, leadership, retail, and marketing. She is the Founder and Influencer of Strategic Growth at Goal Digger, challenging people and organizations to own who they are.

Today Dr. Lang walks us through how to guide leaders through managing and mentoring the next generation of leaders. There are different needs and motivations for these newer team members in the workplace and are perhaps redefining what success looks like. Knowing what makes Gen Z tick can help you navigate this new landscape as a leader to create teams that succeed for all generations. 

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor, and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

Resources:

https://yourgoaldigger.com/generational-resources-contact-info/

[email protected]

www.yourgoaldigger.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleylang/

https://www.facebook.com/ashleylang

Instagram.com/ashlang51

linkedin.com/company/YourGoalDigger/

Twitter: @Your_GoaldDigger

Facebook.com/YourGoalDigger/

Instagram.com/Your_GoalDigger

Today we have Clare Richards joining us. Clare is the co-founder and CEO of a Minnesota startup called Impacks, which supports parents and educators in accessing critical school supplies. Clare has a strong heart for building vibrancy through action and storytelling.

Her origin story about how she began this impactful endeavor is inspiring to anyone who has a dream and desire to create something new that is not only profitable but has a positive impact on their community.  

We hope you’ll feel inspired by her incredible story of tenacity and perseverance. It may not have always been a journey of roses and sunshine, but her resilience helped her continue her path through the toughest of times so that she could come out on the brighter side of her business. 

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor, and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

p.s. Our Grounded Leadership June Cohort is now open for registration! Join other leaders from around the country who are investing in their own leadership for the sake of their teams and seeing measurable business results!

Resources:

TedTalk by Dan Palotta: How we think about charity is dead wrong

ILT Academy 

Company links:

https://www.myimpacks.com

https://www.facebook.com/MyImpacks

https://www.linkedin.com/company/34693607

https://twitter.com/MyImpacks

https://www.instagram.com/myimpacks/

Personal Links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarerichardsmn/

https://www.instagram.com/clare.richards/

We only operate out of two modes - a place of fear or a place of security. When we realize that, we can quickly see what’s driving us. 

Fear at work can become your work-driving culture if you don’t choose security instead. A fear-based culture can show up in multiple ways - from overextending everyone to micro-managing to an inability to speak freely. 

How do you shift into a workplace led by security instead of fear? Listen today as we walk you through the first steps you can take to shift your workplace culture into one based on security.

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor, and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

p.s. Our Grounded Leadership June Cohort is now open for registration! Join other leaders from around the country who are investing in their own leadership for the sake of their teams and seeing measurable business results!

Resources:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2023/07/13/why-its-crucial-to-avoid-micromanaging-your-managers

Soundtracks The Surprising Solution to Overthinking book by Jon Acuff

Soundtracks Podcast by Andy Stanley with Jon Acuff 

We are giddy to have one of our favorite people on the podcast. Randy Olson is an incredible human who is a results-driven senior sales and business development leader who develops global sales and distribution channels to deliver business growth. He is embarking on a new career journey and we are so lucky to spend some time with him.

Randy leads with his Positivity Strength, and today he shares how his Positivity Strength as well as his Competition and Futuristic Strengths have shaped the relationships he builds and thrives in. Randy believes great things happen when you build relationships first. 

Even if you’re at a place where your life is taking a turn and you’re heading down a new path, there are still more relationships to invest in and new places to find your value. Never shortchange yourself. Your future opportunities are endless. 

At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor, and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.

CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected].

Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!

p.s. Our Grounded Leadership June Cohort is now open for registration! Join other leaders from around the country who are investing in their own leadership for the sake of their teams and seeing measurable business results!

Resources:

Facilities/Construction:

Small Business Financial and Profit Coaching

my email address is:  [email protected]